jclassic1 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I had been building and flying all sorts of scratch built foamies for over 10 years but 4 years ago I just lost interest and packed up flying. About 15 years ago I bought a Easy Pigeon ARF glider with the idea I might be able to teach myself to fly but I could never build up enough courage to give it a try so it was left in the loft until I had learnt not to crash so often. Then I got into scratch built foamy planes which being cheap to build and expendable actually got me flying.This was not a quick learning curve and it took the best part of a year and probably a dozen planes before I got the hang of what I was doing. Well I turned 65 this year and now retired with lots of free time I remembered I had my EP in the loft and thought I would give it a try out. First job was to replace the heavy can brushed motor with a much lighter Brushless outrunner. I also did away with the huge and heavy nicad pack and used a 3 cell lipo . This has saved over 1 pound in weight over the original. I have now flown it 4 times and also bought a used Orion "E" glider which has also been converted to brushless . I am having a great time just floating around when the wind id being friendly and now feel that as these two gliders are RET I really would like to build an aileron glider.Nothing too sporty just a mild 2 metre wing floater so I am looking for some suggestions from you lads on here of what you would recommend .It has to be a woody as I have had my share of foamy planes and I do like to build. It,s great to be back flying with the birds but these gliders fly a lot higher than my old foamy 3D,s so it is testing my old eyes far more than before. All the best John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 9 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 have a look at the chris foss gliders. **LINK** might be a good starting point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowerman Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Have a look in RCM&E plans. A couple were free with the mag - Red Eagle, Red Ned. plus others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jclassic1 Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Thanks Phil 9 and Mowerman for your suggestions ,I will check them out. Having built a couple of kits from west wings a good number of years ago I must say that the quality of them was very good. I do like the look of their Fournier R4 which they list as a powered glider . John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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